Flesh, death and bohemia
Peter Hujar and Paul Thek were at the heart of New York’s 1960s art scene but preferred the fringes
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The examined life of Brian Dillon
The cult writer’s new memoir describes a life lived in citation, in proximity to other minds
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Land is Maggie O’Farrell’s best novel
O’Farrell’s story of an Irish mapmaker is epic and devastating
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Foursomes in the time of cholera
Susan Pedersen’s new book describes the life of a powerful 19th-century quadruplet
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Whose liberty and how much equality?
American historiography is still infected by an uncritical strand of nationalism
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Douglas Stuart’s harsh visions
The Booker Prize-winning writer’s third novel is his most morally knotty
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We are living through a golden age of reading
Don’t believe the gloomsters – bookshops will live forever
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International Booker winner Yang Shuang-zi: “Taiwan lost confidence in its culture”
The author of Taiwan Travelogue and her translator Lin King speak on making art about a country under threat
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